Dr. BHB, Reoccurring toddler rash

Dd (2) is still in diapers and has this reoccurring rash that pops up every couple of months. I’ve brought her to the pediatrician’s office for it multiple times and the different NPs in the office have given her multiple different diagnoses and prescribed multiple things that have gotten rid of it for a few weeks before it comes back. It always starts in the diaper area and spreads up her body and down her legs over time. It does not itch, hurt, or seem to bother her in any way. It is also not contagious that we can tell, comes with no other symptoms, and just kind of hangs around for weeks on end. We’ve tried taking her out of cloth diapers, various diaper rash creams, baby powder, antifungal creams, antibiotic ointments, and steroid ointments. Both the antibiotic and steroid ointments have helped but since it doesn’t bother her and they don’t seem to know what it is, I’m wondering if there is something I can pick up at the drug store to keep on hand without having to keep going back to the pediatrician every few weeks.

Has anyone else dealt with something like this? I’m at a loss for what to try next.

My DS (dear son) has several allergies and got this exact same rash a lot. He doesn’t wear diapers anymore so it got better. But he still gets it once in a while mostly on his face and stomach. So my guess is some sort of flare up from an allergy ?

Hmmm, I don’t think it’s keratosis pilaris because her skin is not rough but I do have that so it’s a possibility she would too. I hadn’t considered that it could be an allergy but it couldn’t hurt to try some Benadryl and go from there.

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